Alane Denenberg News Today

PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County woman who alleged that she was subjected to excessive force when arrested three-and-a-half years ago at a local hospital by various entities within the Pottstown Police Department, settled her case three weeks before trial.

READING - The estate of an inmate who committed suicide in Lancaster County while suffering from withdrawal symptoms is suing over his death.

PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the Philadelphia Police Department have rejected allegations that officers violated a pair of homeowners’ civil rights during an arrest warrant-related search for the former occupant of their home, referring to them as insufficient.

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple allege Philadelphia Police Department officers unlawfully detained them and otherwise violated their civil rights during an arrest warrant-related search for the former occupant of their home.

ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster is looking to dismiss a count for Monell liability lodged against it, in litigation brought by a woman who contended her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant.

ALLENTOWN – A woman contends that her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant.

HARRISBURG – The former corporate director of a health care company has denied involvement in claims brought by the nephew of a man who suffered fatal injuries while incarcerated there in a lawsuit against the county, the company in question and more than three dozen corrections officers and medical providers, who the plaintiff feels are responsible for the decedent’s death.

HARRISBURG – Dauphin County and the warden of its prison have denied claims brought by the nephew of a man who suffered fatal injuries while incarcerated there in a lawsuit against the county, a health care company and more than three dozen corrections officers and medical providers, holding them responsible for his death.

HARRISBURG – The nephew of a man who suffered fatal injuries while incarcerated at Dauphin County Prison has launched wrongful death litigation against the county, a health care company and more than three dozen corrections officers and medical providers, holding them responsible for his death.

PHILADELPHIA –Pottstown Hospital and Tower Health are continuing their efforts to dismiss a Chester County woman’s litigation for excessive force injuries she claims she sustained in an arrest at the hospital almost three years ago by Pottstown police officers.